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Operate and maintain
Documents in this section provide background concepts and procedures for planning, deploying, and maintaining fabrics using the Fabric Services System.
User Guide
This document describes concepts necessary to use the Fabric Services System. It also includes procedures for designing, deploying, and maintaining fabrics, and designating fabric resources for allocation to specific sources of demand.
User interface basics
Detail panels

Operate and maintain
Documents in this section provide background concepts and procedures for planning, deploying, and maintaining fabrics using the Fabric Services System.
- User Guide
  This document describes concepts necessary to use the Fabric Services System. It also includes procedures for designing, deploying, and maintaining fabrics, and designating fabric resources for allocation to specific sources of demand.
- Digital Sandbox CLI Guide
  This document describes concepts and commands required to interact directly with the Digital Sandbox, a network simulator to which you can deploy fabric intents and workload intents from the Fabric Services System.
- API Integration Guide
  This document describes aspects of the Fabric Services System REST API.
- Connect Guide
  This document describes aspects of the Fabric Services System Connect, a collection of intermediary software that acts as a bridge between the Fabric Services System and different cloud environments.

Detail panels

Many pages in the Fabric Services System UI allow you to open panels on the right side of the page to display more information. This could be information about the overall display, or about selected objects.

Table 1. Detail panels
Icon	Panel	Description
	Deviations	For a fabric intent, this panel shows a cumulative list of deviations logged for the fabric intent. Each item in the deviations list identifies a configuration change originating from outside the Fabric Services system. For more information about deviations, see Deviations.
	Information	This panel displays details about the object that is currently selected in the main display area.
	Legend	This panel displays the different shading used to highlight elements within the fabric intent, and their significance. The same panel also displays the set of icons that can appear in the main display area, and their significance.
	Errors	For a fabric intent, this panel displays a list of errors that require resolution. Double-click an error in the list for more information about that error that can guide troubleshooting. Controls in the Errors panel allow you to filter and sort the displayed list.
	Needs Attention	For a fabric intent, this panel displays a list of status issues that are not errors or deviations, but may require resolution. Double-click an item for more information about that item that can guide troubleshooting. Controls in the Needs Attention panel allow you to filter and sort the displayed list.

June 5, 2023